Tan

11 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
     the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.]
     A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
     different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China
     and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
     sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, {tan}.


     [Written also {pecul}, and {pecal}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tan \Tan\, n. [Chin.]
     See {Picul}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tan \Tan\, n. [F. tan, perhaps fr. Armor. tann an oak, oak bar;
     or of Teutonic origin; cf. G. tanne a fir, OHG. tanna a fir,
     oak, MHG. tan a forest. Cf. {Tawny}.]
     1. The bark of the oak, and some other trees, bruised and
        broken by a mill, for tanning hides; -- so called both
        before and after it has been used. Called also {tan bark}.
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     2. A yellowish-brown color, like that of tan.
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     3. A brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun;
        as, hands covered with tan.
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     {Tan bed} (Hort.), a bed made of tan; a bark bed.
  
     {Tan pickle}, the liquor used in tanning leather.
  
     {Tan spud}, a spud used in stripping bark for tan from trees.
        
  
     {Tan stove}. See {Bark stove}, under {Bark}.
  
     {Tan vat}, a vat in which hides are steeped in liquor with
        tan.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tan \Tan\, a.
     Of the color of tan; yellowish-brown.
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     {Black and tan}. See under {Black}, a.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tan \Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.]
     1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by
        usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some
        other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or
        tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and
        is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree
        impervious to water.
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     Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that
           the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a
           series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather.
           Similar results may be produced by the use of other
           reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or
           chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of
           tanning.
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     2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of
        the sun; as, to tan the skin.
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     3. To thrash or beat; to flog; to switch; as, to tan a
        disobedient child's hide. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tan \Tan\, v. i.
     To get or become tanned.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
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     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
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     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tan
       adj : of a light yellowish-brown color
       n 1: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays
            of the sun [syn: {suntan}, {sunburn}, {burn}]
       2: a light brown [syn: {topaz}]
       3: ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled
          triangle [syn: {tangent}]
       v 1: treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them
            into leather
       2: get a tan, from wind or sun [syn: {bronze}]
       [also: {tanning}, {tanned}, {tannest}, {tanner}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "tan":
     arrange, beige, bronze, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet,
     burn, chocolate, cinnamon, clear for action, clear the decks,
     cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, cure, deploy, drab,
     dress, dress down, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, embrown, fawn,
     fawn-colored, fix, fix up, flax, fuscous, get ready,
     give a dressing-down, grege, hazel, hide, infuscate, khaki, larrup,
     lather, leather, lick, lurid, make arrangements, make preparations,
     make ready, marshal, mobilize, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab,
     paddle, plan, prearrange, prep, prepare, pretreat, process,
     provide, put in shape, ready, ready up, rust, seal, seal-brown,
     sepia, settle preliminaries, snuff-colored, sorrel, sunburn,
     suntan, taupe, tawny, toast, toast-brown, treat, trim, try out,
     umber, umber-colored, wallop, walnut, walnut-brown, welt, whale,
     yellowish-brown
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  TAN
       Table / Total Area Network
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  TAN
       TransAction Number (banking)